Britain in the 70s: The Rise of Thatcher (TRIH eps 662-665)
1975 · Resource
In this episode of The Rest Is History, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the turbulent politics of mid‑1970s Britain, focusing on Margaret Thatcher’s rise to Conservative Party leadership in February 1975. They set the scene by recalling Britain’s post‑war decline, the loss of empire, entry into the European Community, the 1973 oil shock and the twin 1974 elections that left the country economically strained and politically fragmented. The hosts trace Thatcher’s early life in Grantha...
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Around 1975
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)